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Caesar (requires)
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the authorities require; the law requires. |
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Call girls
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1. |
Prostitutes. Especially those who can be engaged
by telephone. |
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Call someone collect
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to telephone someone and the cost of the call is charged to the person you phone. |
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Calm down
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1. |
become quiet or peaceful; regain composure. |
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Canadian tam
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1. |
Tam-O-shanter; a Scottish cap with a tight headband and a full, flat top, sometimes with a pompom or tassel. |
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Candy Striper (s)
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1. |
Refers to the pink and white striped uniform
worn by young girls who do volunteer work in a
hospital. Hence, a "candy striper." |
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Cannon fodder
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1. |
Soldiers, sailors etc. thought of as being
expended or worth sacrificing, (killed or
maimed), in war |
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Can't hear yourself think
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1. |
there is so much noise around you that you
cannot concentrate. |
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Can't help it
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1. |
not be able to avoid or resist doing something. |
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Cap/top/crown it all
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1. |
in addition to all the things already mentioned;
put the finishing touch. |
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Cape
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1. |
that part of an animal's hide that covers the shoulder and chest. |
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Carbon Knock
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1. |
The noise produced in machinery or in engines
when the operating parts are defective;
specifically, in an internal-combustion engine,
the metallic explosive sounds due to uneven or
improperly timed combustion. |
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Carrion
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1. |
decaying, rotten flesh. |
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Cat in Molasses
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1. |
very slowly.(like a cat walking in a sticky substance). |
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Cat o' nine tails
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1. |
a nine-thonged whip used to administer punishment to misbehaving sailors. It got its name from the fact that the welts left on a sailor's back after whipping looked a bit like enormous cat scratches. |
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catch-as-catch-can
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1. |
to hold on in any possible way; seize and hold |
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Catering
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1. |
following;listening to and following what others say and do. |
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Cathedral
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1. |
a large or important church containing the place
or "seat" of authority. |
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2. |
a shrine: a place considered especially sacred
because of its history or association with some
event considered to be supernatural. |
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3. |
In the following quotes the term "cathedral"
refers to "the place of the revelation of the
Word".
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Caty corner
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1. |
across the centre of an intersection or any
square area, from corner to corner |
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Chaps
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1. |
leather trousers or leggings worn over ordinary
trousers by cowboys to protect their legs;
Chap: a man or boy |
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Chapter, The
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1. |
A local division of a club or similar
organization. |
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Charm
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1. |
a small ornament worn to insure good fortune or
to protect from evil. |
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2. |
Beauty; to influence the senses; to cause
delight. |
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Charter
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1. |
the original document; a document granting special rights or privileges. |
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Chaw up
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1. |
to chew; to wear down by irritation; to utterly demolish or defeat. |
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Chester
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1. |
will be like "Chester", a television personality
with a stiff leg. |
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Chicken, chicken-hearted
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1. |
Cowardly, easily scared |
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Chills and fever
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1. |
a scary sensation or feeling. Originally, this expression was commonly used, in malarial sections, for fever and ague. |
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Chinatown
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1. |
the Chinese quarter, in a city. From the celebrated Chinatown of San Francisco. |
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Chip off the old block
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1. |
a person who is very like one of her/his parents in appearance or character. |
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Chip-yard
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1. |
a wood-cutting yard, a yard in which logs are chopped for fuel. |
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